Debt maturity : does it matter for fiscal space? /

Debt maturity : does it matter for fiscal space? /

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Author / Creator:	Kim, Jun (Jun Il), (IMF staff), author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2015.
Description:	1 online resource (26 pages) : color illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/15/257 IMF working paper ; WP/15/257.
Subject:	Debts, Public -- Econometric models. Fiscal policy -- Econometric models. Debts, Public -- Econometric models. Fiscal policy -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12505639

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Research Department, issuing body.
ISBN:	1513511939 9781513511931
Notes:	"December 2015." "Research Department." Includes bibliographical references (page 25). Online resource; title from pdf title page (IMF.org Web site, viewed December 21, 2015).
Summary:	This paper examines how debt maturity affects the debt limit, defined as the maximum amount of debt a government can afford without defaulting. We develop a model where investors are risk neutral, the primary balance is stochastic but exogenous, and default occurs solely due to the government's inability to pay. We find that debt limit is higher for long-term debt. Underlying this finding is the intrinsic advantage of long-term debt to price in future upside potential in fiscal outcomes in its current price. Such advantage makes long-term debt effectively cheaper than short-term debt at the margin, and leads to a higher debt limit. Simulation results suggest that the effect of debt maturity on debt limit could be substantial---particularly, if fiscal outcomes are subject to large uncertainty.--Abstract.
Other form:	Print Version: Kim, Jun I. Debt Maturity: Does It Matter for Fiscal Space? Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,2015 9781513511931
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781513511931.001

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Summary:	This paper examines how debt maturity affects the debt limit, defined as the maximum amount of debt a government can afford without defaulting. We develop a model where investors are risk neutral, the primary balance is stochastic but exogenous, and default occurs solely due to the government's inability to pay. We find that debt limit is higher for long-term debt. Underlying this finding is the intrinsic advantage of long-term debt to price in future upside potential in fiscal outcomes in its current price. Such advantage makes long-term debt effectively cheaper than short-term debt at the margin, and leads to a higher debt limit. Simulation results suggest that the effect of debt maturity on debt limit could be substantial--particularly, if fiscal outcomes are subject to large uncertainty.
Item Description:	"December 2015." "Research Department."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (26 pages) : color illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (page 25).
ISBN:	1513511939 9781513511931